Making pepper mills on the lathe for the Tempe Arts Festival show.

Making pepper mill on the lathe for the Tempe Arts Festival show. Robert, (my partner) and I started to make a couple pepper mill, yesterday, more like last night. We start at 2 pm, and left the shop at 9:30 pm. Hear is what we accomplished. Donate to our Gallery Du Maurier

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Smaller 10" above. These two are a matching pair

Mesquite 12" w/real turquoise

Splated maple w/dyed yellow. One of my fav's.

Burmese figured pepper mills

I tried to mount with tail stock.

Crush grind mechanism

Boring the main shaft with a colt 1-1/16" fostner bit

Newly completed salt and pepper mill for the Tempe Art Festival December 5th through to Dec. 7th 20014

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The making of a sphere jig for the wood lathe, on the fly.

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